A long period of extreme cold temperatures that caused much of Earth's water to freeze into glaciers was called...
The ______ Age
What is ice
100
This Early American Culture built mounds east of the Mississippi River
What is The Mound Builders
100
This Early Empire were successful farmers; so much in fact, that they had a food surplus which allowed people to specialize in jobs other than farming.
What is Maya
100
What was the name of interconnected trade routes through Asia? The trade routes led the China.
What is Silk Road
100
In 1492...
What is Columbus sailed the ocean blue
200
When large animals were no longer available to hunters people became
______________ and ____________.
What is hunters and gatherers
200
6 tribes from the Eastern Woodlands formed this league to establish lasting peace.
The Iroquois League.
200
This Empire settled in the Valley of Mexico. They built the great city of Tenochititlan. They believed in many gods and had human sacrifices. Slavery was also practiced. They created floating gardens. Cortez would later conquer this entire empire.
What is Aztecs
200
What were two of the most valuable trade goods that people wanted from China?
What is
1) silk/cloth
2) teas/spices
200
How did Columbus's voyages impact the Americas?
Columbus showed Europeans the way to the Americas
300
The first people came from the continent of ______________ when they crossed the land bridge.
What is Asia
300
This Early American Culture was a farming group of that lived in the Southwest United States. They called their location the 4 Corners. What was the name of the culture? Hint: their name means "old ones" and their nickname was "cliff dwellers"
What is Anasazi
300
This empire is located in present day Peru; which is in South America.
What is Inca.
300
Which African trading center became known as a "land of gold"?
What is Ghana
300
Who did Columbus sail for? What country received the "fame" from Columbus?
What is Spain
400
A climograph provides what two pieces of information about a particular place over a period of time?
What is
1) precipitation (rainfall/snowfall)
2) average temperature
400
This Early American Culture made their homes out of blocks of ice called igloos.
The Inuit
400
Why were horses important to the Cheyenne tribe?
Because wealth was measured in horses, not dollars.
400
What type of trade was often made in Ghana?
What is Gold for Salt
400
After the Spanish started to colonize the "New World", what country started its own attempt to colonize a different area of the "New World".
What is England
500
Scientists belief that the first people followed what when they migrated to the Americas?
What is the wholly mammoth and other large land animals.
500
This tribe of Indians followed the buffalo. They were nomads. The horse was very important to them.
Cheyenne ,part of the Great Plains
500
This person was an explorer from Italy who set out on a journey to bring back valuable trade goods from China. What was his name?
What is Marco Polo
500
What method of transportation did many people use to cross the Sahara?
By camels
500
Why did the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth? Why did they end up in the location.